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zinniabooklover said:
I just posted some RSPB info. I certainly wouldn't be able to tell the difference when they are in flight. One thing about them, when I saw them for real, I was surprised at how small they are. The photos I had seen had led me to believe they were much bigger.
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Yes, they’re tiny, but incredibly tough!
 
Agonum said:
My father is an avid birder. I am more into evertebrates, but have become more and more interested in birds.
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I love birds and I love to watch them but I can't do the actual birding thing. I can't be bothered to try to distinguish all the little brown jobs from each other. Does my head in, lol.
 
zinniabooklover said:
They really are but, man, they fly fast.
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They are good swimmers, too!
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zinniabooklover said:
I love birds and I love to watch them but I can't do the actual birding thing. I can't be bothered to try to distinguish all the little brown jobs from each other. Does my head in, lol.
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Keeping it casual certainly is an alternative.
 
zinniabooklover said:
I love birds and I love to watch them but I can't do the actual birding thing. I can't be bothered to try to distinguish all the little brown jobs from each other. Does my head in, lol.
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Have you watched that movie “The Big Year”?
 
You are insane!

Courtesy of Country Life:

  • A wake of buzzards
  • A confusion of chiffchaffs
  • A chattering of choughs
  • A commotion of coots
  • A murder of crows
  • An asylum of cuckoos
  • A curfew of curlews
  • A trembling of finches
  • A swatting of flycatchers
  • A prayer of godwits
  • A crown of kingfishers
  • A parcel of linnets
  • A cast of merlins
  • A conspiracy of ravens
  • A worm of robins
  • A parliament of rooks
  • An exultation of skylarks
  • A murmuration of starlings
  • A hermitage of thrushes
  • A volery of wagtails
  • A museum of waxwings
  • A chime of wrens
  • An orchestra of avocets
  • A mural of buntings
  • A water dance of grebes
  • A booby of nuthatches
  • A quilt of eiders
  • A mischief of magpies
  • An aerie of eagles
  • A wisdom of owls
  • A quarrel of sparrows
 
Agonum said:
You are insane!

Courtesy of Country Life:

  • A worm of robins
  • A parliament of rooks
  • An exultation of skylarks
  • A murmuration of starlings
  • A hermitage of thrushes
  • A volery of wagtails
  • A museum of waxwings
  • A chime of wrens
  • An orchestra of avocets
  • A mural of buntings
  • A water dance of grebes
  • A booby of nuthatches
  • A quilt of eiders
  • A mischief of magpies
  • An aerie of eagles
  • A wisdom of owls
  • A quarrel of sparrows
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No, I know most of these. I just hadn't stopped to consider if it was just an English language thing. And I mean, English English, not American English but also, not realising other languages didn't have their equivalent.

P.S. my top fave is the skylarks. :)
 
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